Source: Eagleee http://eagleee.com/detail?newsId=526505

42 years after the government grabbed their land to construct Aso Rock and create the Federal Capital Territory, the native residents of Abuja finally have the legal right to representation in Nigeria's government.

On Monday January 15 2018, the Court of Appeal in Abuja declared that "indigenous inhabitants of Abuja are indeed entitled to a ministerial representation in the Federal Executive Council as provided by the combined provisions of Sections 147 (3), 299, 14 (3) and 42 of 1999 Constitution.

"The Court also declared that persistent denial and refusal of past and current presidents to so appoint an indigene of FCT Abuja as a minister in the federal executive council (FEC) since May 1999 tantamount to a gross violation of the said constitutional right against discrimination."

Read more of the judgment here http://eagleee.com/detail?newsId=526505

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